As Dylan performed a two-week run at Gerde's Folk City in 1961 in New York's Greenwich Village, he began gathering songs to include on an album. Ultimately, only two songs would be penned by Dylan. The bulk of the album consisted of traditional, blues, and country tunes. When Hammond and Dylan entered Columbia's 7th Avenue Studio in November 1961, many songs were recorded in one take. Dylan resisted requests for second attempts, telling Hammond he couldn't see himself singing the same song twice. Let's take a look at the story behind one of those songs, "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down" by Bob Dylan.
In Rutherford County’s Forest City, NC growing up, a young Wyndham Baird heard his mother and grandmother sing old Baptist hymns like “Abide With Me,” arranged in four-part harmony in church. But his life changed when he saw Doc Watson in concert at MerleFest at twelve years old. At that moment, he saw a world of folk and blues music before him.
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The Boston-bred agent, promoter, and photographer a central figure in the city's '60s folk scene who would soon embrace a lifetime in the blues died Jan. 26 at age 88.